Effort-Reward Imbalance, Task Performance, and Contextual Performance of Nurses in Tertiary Hospitals, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, the People’s Republic of China
Keywords:
Effort-reward imbalance, Job performance, Nurse, Tertiary hospitalAbstract
Job performance is important for nurses in providing care to patients. This descriptive correlational study aimed to explore effort-reward imbalance, task performance, and contextual performance, and to examine the relationship between effort-reward imbalance and task and contextual performance among nurses in tertiary hospitals in Chengdu City, Sichuan province, the People’s Republic of China. The participants included 329 nurses working in tertiary hospitals, selected using a stratified random sampling method. The research instruments included the effort-reward imbalance scale developed by Siegrist et al. and the nursing performance scale developed by Greenslade. The reliabilities of both scales were tested, and Cronbach's alpha coefficients were 0.72 for effort and 0.83 for reward. The Cronbach's alpha coefficients for the nursing performance scale were 0.86 for task performance and 0.84 for contextual performance. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics and Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient.
The results showed that 43.77% of nurses perceived effort-reward imbalance. Nurses perceived task and contextual performance at a moderate level (Mean = 53.73, SD = 11.03; Mean = 63.92, SD = 12.78, respectively). It was found that there was a statistically significant weak negative relationship between effort-reward imbalance and task performance (r = -.14, p < .01) and contextual performance (r = -.17, p < .01).
Nurse administrators should decrease effort-reward imbalance to enhance job performance.
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